Method for Uniquely Identifying Mailpieces Having Non-Personalized Enclosures

1. A method for associating an enclosure with a mailpiece during an inserting and printing process in a mailpieces production system, the method comprising: providing a Job file containing at least a mailing list of addresses to be printed on mailpieces, allocating a distinct mailpiece identifier for a mailpiece, allocating a temporary machine identifier to the enclosure extracted from an insert feeder of the mailpiece production system, wherein the temporary machine identifier is only temporary and serves as long as the mailpiece is in process by the production system, associating an insert identifier with said machine identifier allocated to the enclosure, associating said temporary machine identifier with said distinct mailpiece identifier and recording the mailpiece identifier as being in process, creating the mailpiece by inserting at least the enclosure into an envelope, printing on the envelope an address associated with the mailpiece identifier, recording the mailpiece identifier as being inserted, and wherein, in response to an occurrence of a malfunction before printing, causing the temporary machine identifier to lapse and causing the address corresponding to the mailpiece identifier to be printed on a next envelope and associated with a next temporary machine identifier that is different than the lapsed temporary machine identifier.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising capturing the insert identifier on the enclosure.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising printing the insert identifier on the enclosure.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the insert identifier is equal or derived from the temporary machine identifier.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the insert identifier is created according to predetermined instructions contained in the Job file.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising printing a customized message on the enclosure before the enclosure is inserted into the envelope.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adding a document to the enclosure and inserting said document in the envelope.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising printing on the envelope other data corresponding to the mailpiece identifier along with the address.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising tracking the status of each mailpiece with the temporary machine identifier during the inserting, printing and stacking process, recording all failed mailpiece identifiers and regenerating the corresponding mailpieces until a whole job is complete.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising capturing an image of the mailpiece after printing of the address, to perform an image analysis and recording the mailpiece as failed if said image analysis detects a print defect.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising registering images of each of a plurality of mailpieces that have been successfully inserted, printed and stacked as a proof of completion of the job.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the enclosure is an invitation or a coupon.

13. A mailpieces production system operable to associate an enclosure with a mailpiece during an inserting and printing process, the mailpieces production system comprising: an insert printer; an insert feeder; a document feeder an envelope feeder; an envelope printer, a computer comprising one or more processors, one or more non-transitory computer-readable media communicatively couple to the one or more processors, the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media which store at least one of computer-executable instructions or data which, when executed by the one or more processors cause the at least one or more processors to: access a Job file containing at least a mailing list of addresses to be printed on mailpieces, allocate a distinct mailpiece identifier for a mailpiece, allocate a temporary machine identifier to the enclosure extracted from the insert feeder of the mailpiece production system, wherein the temporary machine identifier is only temporary and serves as long as the mailpiece is in process by the production system, associate an insert identifier with said machine identifier allocated to the enclosure, associate said temporary machine identifier with said distinct mailpiece identifier; record the mailpiece identifier as being in process, cause a creation of the mailpiece by insertion of at least the enclosure into an envelope, cause an address associated with the mailpiece identifier to be printed on the envelope, record the mailpiece identifier as being inserted, and wherein, in response to an occurrence of a malfunction before printing, cause the temporary machine identifier to lapse and cause the address associated with the mailpiece identifier to be printed on a next envelope and associated with a next temporary machine identifier that is different than the lapsed temporary machine identifier.

14. The mailpieces production system of claim 13 wherein the at least one of computer-executable instructions or data when executed by the one or more processors cause the at least one or more processors to associate the insert identifier captured from the enclosure by an insert scanner with the temporary machine identifier allocated to the enclosure.

15. The mailpieces production system of claim 13 wherein the at least one of computer-executable instructions or data when executed by the one or more processors cause the at least one or more processors to associate the insert identifier printed on the enclosure by the insert printer with the temporary machine identifier allocated to the enclosure.

16. The mailpieces production system of claim 15 wherein the insert identifier is equal or derived from the temporary machine identifier.

17. The mailpieces production system of claim 15 wherein the at least one of computer-executable instructions or data when executed by the one or more processors cause the at least one or more processors further to create the insert identifier according to predetermined instructions contained in the Job file.

18. The mailpieces production system of claim 13 wherein the at least one of computer-executable instructions or data when executed by the one or more processors cause the at least one or more processors further to cause a customized message to be printed on the enclosure before the enclosure is inserted into the envelope.

19. The mailpieces production system of claim 13 wherein the at least one of computer-executable instructions or data when executed by the one or more processors cause the at least one or more processors further to cause a document to be added to the enclosure and cause an insertion of said document in the envelope.

20. The mailpieces production system of claim 13 wherein the at least one of computer-executable instructions or data when executed by the one or more processors cause the at least one or more processors further to cause other data corresponding to the mailpiece identifier along with the address to be printed on the envelope by the envelope printer.